Opera 57.0.3098.91 Won't Play Video

anon298 · 12-10-2018, 12:00 PM

Running Opera 57.0.3098.91 in Linux Mint 18.3.

Update Manager is set to run/install Level 1,2 and 3 updates.

Opera is now unable to run YouTube video content. When I try, the following two screens are displayed, in the order below:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/eKtYxkXruanHDZwK9

https://photos.app.goo.gl/wvqFr1Zzgpabt3Mu5

Any ideas?

alexpaton · 12-11-2018, 06:57 AM

Both of those links show 404 not found errors.

Generally, on Opera on Linux, I believe that you need to install the chrome codecs for video files. Mine regularly stop working, and re-installing the codecs fixes it. You should be able to post your screenshots in the thread; it might help.

anon298 · 12-11-2018, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by alexpaton

Both of those links show 404 not found errors.

Generally, on Opera on Linux, I believe that you need to install the chrome codecs for video files. Mine regularly stop working, and re-installing the codecs fixes it. You should be able to post your screenshots in the thread; it might help.

UPDATE:

I just ran 'autoclean', 'clean', 'autoremove' and synaptic package manager (to remove residual files from uninstalled apps). I then tried, once again, to play my saved YouTube videos, which heretofore, would not play. Now, all but the first video plays just fine! Very weird, right?

Anyway, while I'd very much like that first video to play, I'm going to be content with what I have.

alexpaton · 12-11-2018, 09:22 AM

Not that weird. Youtube videos are a mixture of mp4, webm and possibly some others. There are several different codecs used, so some will have codecs installed, while others won't.

anon298 · 12-11-2018, 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexpaton

Not that weird. Youtube videos are a mixture of mp4, webm and possibly some others. There are several different codecs used, so some will have codecs installed, while others won't.

What is the command to install codecs (I'm running Opera in Linux Mint 18.3)? Thanks in advance, alexpaton!

alexpaton · 12-11-2018, 11:02 AM

It's been a while since I have used Mint (I'm a custom Ubuntu user), but if they are in the default repositories, it would be:-

Code:

sudo apt install chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra

.....and I should have realised it was chromium, not chrome. The extra package should play pretty much anything video or audio, I think.

Looking at this exchange on the Opera forum though, it looks as though it is mostly (if not entirely) for ffmpeg.
https://forums.opera.com/topic/21038...s-repository/6

KenJackson · 12-11-2018, 11:05 AM

The error messages didn't say that the videos couldn't be played. They said that it couldn't find the link, it couldn't even download the HTML of the page. Your browser never even got a chance to see that there was something there to play.

It could have been a momentary DNS issue, updates or hackery, or maybe the YouTube server was down briefly.

anon298 · 12-11-2018, 11:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexpaton

It's been a while since I have used Mint (I'm a custom Ubuntu user), but if they are in the default repositories, it would be:-

Code:

sudo apt install chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra

.....and I should have realised it was chromium, not chrome. The extra package should play pretty much anything video or audio, I think.

Looking at this exchange on the Opera forum though, it looks as though it is mostly (if not entirely) for ffmpeg.
https://forums.opera.com/topic/21038...s-repository/6

Well, to me, it all sounds like "the juice ain't worth the squeeze".

My other YouTube videos play fine, and for the one that doesn't, I substituted a newer, better video on the subject, so I'm a happy camper.

I'm not a big tweaker because my needs are very basic - and I like to keep things simple.

Thanks for your input.

Drakeo · 12-11-2018, 07:12 PM

it is h264 issue https://html5test.com to see what is missing. I use my own addon ffmpeg.so lib for opera in linux

anon298 · 12-11-2018, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Drakeo

it is h264 issue https://html5test.com to see what is missing. I use my own addon ffmpeg.so lib for opera in linux

Good info. I'll keep this post for future reference. Thanks.